Abstract: Disclosed is a protective strip assembly for use in protecting walls, cabinets, display stands, and the like from impact by shopping carts and the like in retail outlets. The assembly comprises an elongate base member and an overfitting protective trim member held together by opposed interlocking ridges and notches. The overfitting protective trim member absorbs shock as opposed leg members resiliently spread transversely to the axis of the strip assembly at interfitting sliding surfaces. Optional inwardly deformable latching elements may be included in the base member to permit the trim member to be fitted during installation directly adjacent an abutting wall or other obstruction.

Abstract: Two plates are connected to each other through brackets and fixing pins. The bracket includes a base disc portion, a semi-cylindrical wall portion and a pair of projections. The wall portion is perpendicular to the base disc portion. The projections radially outwardly extend from diametrically opposed portions of the wall portion. One of the two plates has an opening. The opening has concentrically connected smaller and larger circular portions and a pair of notches. The notches are positioned at diametrically opposed portions of the smaller circular portion and have the same thickness as that of the smaller circular portion. The smaller and larger circular portions and the notches are so sized as to receive the semi-cylindrical wall portion, the base disc portion and the projections, respectively. The thickness of the smaller circular portion is the same as the distance between the projection and the base disc portion. The thickness of the larger circular portion is the same as that of the base disc portion.

Abstract: A universal material clip for use in multiple panel joining in end to end relationship. The clip comprises a unitary body member with multiple dependent legs extending from a central portion. The clip is positioned on a first panel to be joined and then the panel with clip attached is engaged to a second panel wedgeably securing the first and second panels together. The clip adjusts to independent panel thicknesses thus equalizing the finished surface of the two panels.

Abstract: A sunshade fastener module for use in a motor vehicle secures a sunshade and headliner substrate to one another. Additionally, the fastener includes mounts for securing the fastener and the attached sunshade and substrate to the body structure of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A bolt insert 24 with special bolt 50 provides a fastening method to secure hard metal nuclear reactor parts 12, 14, 16 provided with aligned square EDM produced openings 18, 20, 22. The insert is an elongated square internally threaded member with slots 34 defining flexing fingers 36. Fingers 36 have work engaging shoulders 42. Stop means tabs 28 at the bolt head end prevent overinsertion of the square insert 24 during the operation of pushing it into aligned square holes 18, 20, 22. Internal threads 32 of insert 24 mate with bolt threads 60 during torquing on bolt head 52 to advance bolt 50, which has tapered end 56 and pilot portion 58, to cam fingers 36 into holding position. Couterbores 30 receive stop means tabs 28 such that bolt head 52 does not bottom on insert 24. The method of producing fastening 10 removes the need for accurate threading operations on irradiated parts in the remote field.

Abstract: A retainer for receiving a fastener and adapted for loading into a mold for embedment in a trim article molded of molding material. The retainer has a housing having an upper portion for accepting the fastener and a lower portion for embedment in the molded trim article. A flexible lip encompasses the housing for sealingly engaging with the mold thereby preventing the molding material from making contact with the upper portion of the housing and allowing the molding material to make contact with the lower portion of the housing.

Abstract: A holding element fastener formed of molded plastic for fastening within a support opening and having a base body and two resilient fingers for extending through the support opening. The fingers stand at an acute angle to each other, and when in the mounted condition grip behind the support opening. The base body and the resilient fingers define an approximately V-shape triangular inter-space and each of the resilient fingers is provided on its outer circumference with two inwardly extending open areas which reduce the total amount of plastic required and simplify the operation of molding the holding element fastener. The open areas are located on opposite sides of a laterally extending middle stay in the form of a relatively thin rib. The upper limit of each middle stay is defined by a separate transverse outwardly extending cross stay which joints to the upper end of the respective resilient finger and the associated middle stay.

Abstract: A fastening device is provided for securing of liners to the interior of pickup truck cargo beds. The fastening devices include a base plate which overlies the outer surface of a bed liner and a locking tongue projecting laterally from a bottom of the plate to extend through an aperture in the liner sidewall and to mechanically couple with a flange of the cargo bed sidewall to effect clamping of the liner to the flange. The locking tongue is formed with a peripheral edge surface that includes a locking surface angularly disposed with respect to the base plate forming in cooperation therewith for receiving edge portions of the liner and flange in clamped relationship, a camming surface that rides against an edge of the aperture in the liner during insertion to facilitate assembly and a locking surface that automatically engages the liner to maintain the fastening device in locking engagement.

Abstract: A snap-fastener comprises an end plate (10) and a pair of resilient tangs (11A, 11B) extending from the plate and it so disposed that when each of the tangs bends it is displaced parallel to the arms (8, 9A, 9B).

Abstract: A molding support assembly for mounting a molding strip upon a base structure such as an automobile body, wherein the assembly includes a pair of spaced fasteners mounted upon a support member in such a way so at least one fastener is longitudinally adjustable relative to the other to permit adjustment for misalignment between mounting holes in the base structure.

Abstract: A press-in fastener clip (50) is provided that features a resilient locking arm (10) having a surface (18) adapted to releasably secure clip (50) to an aperture (16). Clip (50) has a V shaped insertion leg (8) that is operative to assist in securing clip (50) to aperture (16) as well as to automatically urge clip (50) outwardly therefrom upon manual release of locking arm (10).

Abstract: An improved adhesive mounted nutplate assembly and related installation method are provided for secured mounting of a nutplate or the like onto a substrate, particularly at a blind side of the substrate in alignment with an access opening. The nutplate assembly includes a nut member having a resilient fixture pin received therein, with the nut member being adapted for adhesive mounting onto the blind side of the substrate with the fixture pin extending through the access opening. A pulling force applied to the fixture pin draws the nut member with a positive force against the substrate. The fixture pin is sized to bind within the access opening when released to maintain this positive force for the duration of an adhesive cure period, after which the fixture pin can be forcibly drawn through and removed from the nut member. A preferred nut member comprises a nutplate having a floating nut carried by a base which is adapted for adhesive mounting onto the substrate.

Abstract: The invention features an elongated strip of resilient material, which strip is secured in and partially surrounds a mounting member, where the resilient strip member has a semi-cylindrical body with a pair of circumferentially facing edge portions. The resilient strip also includes a pair of oppositely disposed, radially-inwardly extending solid, wedge shaped latch members, each extending longitudinally of the latch member and located between one of the edge portions and a point 45 degrees away from the mid-line of the semi-cylindrical body. The mounting member includes a web portion having a pair of oppositely disposed web-latch extensions extending across a chord of the semi-cylindrical body, substantially parallel to a tangent to the circumference of the semi-cylindrical body at its mid-line, and at least one leg member extending from the web portion away from the semi-cylindrical body.

Abstract: A quarter-turn fastener for securing together a plurality of overlapped panels comprises an elongated body portion having a longitudinal axis, a head provided upon one end of the body portion for engaging a first outer surface of one of the overlapped panels, and a pair of resiliently flexible fingers provided upon an opposite end of the body portion for engaging a second outer surface of a second one of the overlapped panels whereby the panels are preliminarily secured together by the fastener in a non-compressed state. A pair of diametrically opposed inclined cam portions are also provided upon the body portion at a position axially between the opposite ends of the body portion so as to engage the second outer surface of the second one of the overlapped panels such that when the fastener is rotated through means of an angular rotation of 90.degree.

Abstract: A self-licking stud assembly including male and female segaments. The male segment includes a base for mounting or being integrally molded on a panel member to be joined with a second panel member in a side-by-side relationship, a central stem extending from teh base, with a plurality of equally spaced deflectable fingers formed on the end thereof so as to extend outwardly and toward the base. The female segment includes a base for mounting or being integrally molded on the second panel member, a flange or collar formed on one side of the base, and an opening through the base and the collar, with a frustoconically shaped surface formed on the inner surface of the collar. The outer edges of the fingers are selectively shaped to lockingly cooperate with the frustoconically shaped surface once the fingers are urged through the opening.

Abstract: A plastic fastening element 1 for installation in a substantially rectangular opening of a support includes head part 2 and a holding part 3. Holding part 3 is substantially rectangular in cross section and is provided with lamella-form fingers 4 on the longer sides positioned in groups lying opposite each other. Stays (5) extend along the holding part 3 and limit the edge zone of the fingers. According to the invention, the stays are resilient straps 7 wherein the beginning zones 8 of the two straps 7 lie opposite each other on different sides of the holding part 3. The straps are arranged oblique to each other and merge into a conical push-in zone 23 with oblique side surfaces 24. The head part 3 is designed for holding a strip-form object.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a plaque holding clip which is characterized by that it has a pair of elastic legs that constitute a trunk of the clip. Because the outer peripheries of the elastic legs are subjected to evenly applied external force and hence smooth changes of load when the clip is introduced into a fitting bore, it maintains its original plaque holding potential for a long time. Moreover, since the outer peripheries of the elastic legs are so designed that they suitably adapt themselves to the inner periphery of a fitting bore, they are free from any undesirable deformations and consequently any changes of the load applied thereto even if the clip is introduced into a fitting bore in an inclined condition. This feature contributes to the ease of handling the clip. A clip according to the invention may be provided with a central pillar to enhance its durability and the ease of handling without deteriorating the other features of the clip.

Abstract: A wall coupling restrains adjacent walls 2 and 3 from displacement over each other. The two walls have coincident apertures 12 and 16. A flexible moulded plastics retaining strip 5 is carried by the wall 2 on its side remote from the wall 3. The strip 5 overlies the aperture 12 and has an end 8 which is secured relative to the wall 2 and an end 7 which is slidable along tracks on the wall 2 in a direction towards and from the end 8. A mid-length region 6 of the strip 5 between its ends 7 and 8 has integral hinges 13 to 15 so that during displacement of the strip end 7 towards the end 8, the region 6 doubles to project through the apertures 12 and 16 and thereby couple the walls 2 and 3 to restrain them from relative displacement. A combination stop/catch can be provided to temporarily retain the strip end 7 in a position where the mid-length region 6 of the strip is in either a folded or an unfolded condition.

Abstract: A fastener is provided for securing a first panel-like member to a second panel-like member by securing, in a state with a fastener temporarily secured to the first panel-like member, an elastic fastening portion of the fastener projecting from the first panel-like member toward the second panel-like member. It includes a first flanged portion having long and short sides, a second flanged portion having long and short sides, projecting from the center of the first flange and spaced apart from the first flange by means of a distance corresponding to the thickness of the first panel-like member, an elastic fastening portion projecting from the top of the second flange, and an elastic portion projecting from the second flange toward the first flange and engaged within a hole of the first panel-like member. The long side of the first flange is longer than the long side of the second flange. The short side of the first flange is longer than the short side of the second flange.

Abstract: An assist strap is installed by rotating an assist strap handle to drive a mandrel, in the base of the assist strap, into a projection in a service on which the assist strap is mounted. An apparatus for mounting an assist strap in a motor vehicle includes projecting fastening means extending from the base of the assist strap and a mandrel mounted to slide between a first position disengaged from the fastening means and a second position wherein the mandrel engages the fastening means to limit the movement of the fastening means thereby locking the fastening means to the vehicle body structure. A handle may be mounted to the base for pivotal movement such that applying a force to the handle drives the mandrel from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A modular headliner includes an assist strap for mounting to the modular headliner to the vehicle body structure and includes an assist strap fastening means. The fastening means extends to engage a vehicle body adjacent an opening defined by a vehicle body structure. A mandrel may then be inserted between the fastening means to lock the fastening means to the vehicle body structure to thereby mount the assist strap and headliner to vehicle body structure. The assist strap may include a pivotally mounted handle having a preassembly position such that upon displacement of the handle, the mandrel is displaced to the locking position. Additionally a breakaway tab means may secure the handle to the assist strap base such that until sufficient force is applied to the handle to rupture the breakaway tab the handle will not be displaced. The tab is tuned to require that a sufficient force be sufficient to drive the mandrel to the locking position.

Abstract: A fastening element for connecting a component to an apertured panel. The fastening element has a shank with a rounded end for latching engagement with a female latch member. This female latch member is rigidly connected with the component to be fastened or formed integrally therewith. The shank is adapted for limited pivotal movement in the female latch member. During removal of the component, the spherical member is caused to disengage from the female latch member prior to the shank disengaging.

Abstract: A connector for corrugated materials includes a first member which has a base member which is held between a pair of panels of corrugated material and a projecting member which has a pair of apertures and which projects outwardly from a slot in one of the panels of corrugated material. A second member has a base plate which is held between a second pair of panels of corrugated material and a plurality of guide fingers some of which enter into the apertures of the first member and some of which enter these apertures and also hook onto the first member thereby locking the second pair of panels onto the first pair of panels. In order to provide additional engagement between the first and second members, the first member is provided with a pair of projecting plates which engage a pair of apertures on the second member when the first and the second members are connected.

Abstract: A snap-in type fastener for securing an object to an apertured support includes a shank member having predetermined diameter and length. A locking member integral with one end of the shank member is provided to extend through the support aperture to facilitate engaging of the apertured support by the shank whereby the locking member resists withdrawal of the fastener from the apertured support. A head member is disposed at the other end of the shank member and includes a resilient member which provides for axial deflection of the shank for a selected distance in the direction of the apertured support to facilitate engaging of apertured supports of different thicknesses. The resilient member may form all or a portion of the head member depending upon the method of securing or may be associated with the head member.

Abstract: A rub rail assembly includes a rub rail support channel member suitably attached, such as by screws or the like, to a surface to be protected, and a rub rail member which is engaged with the rub rail support member. The rub rail member in turn is formed of two relatively thin layers dual durometer co-extruded, the upper layer being soft plastic and the bottom layer being stiff plastic. The thickness is sufficiently small so that the rub rail member can be coiled prior to installation, and so that it can be deformed transversely to a generally hemi-cylindrical shape for engagement with the rub rail support member.

Abstract: The wire clamp of this invention is fixed to a mounting board by resilient engaging portions that extend from a base at the end of a post and spread out in a mounting hole in the mounting board. While the wire clamp is thus secured, it holds wires in its wire receiving portions. The wires are supported at a predetermined interval on the mounting board. This wire clamp is easily mounted by pushing struts toward the post with one's finger tips. The pushed struts resiliently deform, pulling up the ends of beams, which descend toward the resilient engaging portions, until the beams are almost horizontally aligned along the mounting board. The resilient resistance of the beams is reduced accordingly, which facilitates the insertion of the resilient engaging portions. Since the post, the struts, the beams, and the wire-receiving portions almost form a square, the wire clamp is rigid, and can firmly secure the wires.

Abstract: A fastener system for connecting first and second parts together includes a female fastener having a retention slot therein with an entrance portion, a stop portion and a fastener gripping segment located intermediate said entrance portion and said stop portion; a male fastener has an integral extension thereon insertable into said entrance portion and movable laterally of the slot to an interlocked position at the stop portion. The male fastener includes first surface means thereon engageable with the gripping segment for holding the male fastener in a stop position, and said male fastener further includes second surface means thereon to interlockingly connect the female fastener to the male fastener. The component parts of the fastener system are configured to be formed by use of die members separable in a straight draw.

Abstract: Bag making material comprises a plastic film carrying a reclosable fastener or zipper male profile and with one or more alignment ribs in spaced parallel relation to the profile. Reinforcing ridge or ridges provide stabilizing beam effect in respect to the profile and/or the alignment rib or ribs on the film along the back of the profile and/or alignment rib base or bases.

Abstract: A fastener includes a female body and male body. By forcibly inserting the male body into a male body insertion hole of the female body, the two bodies are temporarily coupled together. By further inserting the male body into the female body from this state, leg portions of the female body are caused to flare outwardly so that overlapped plates are fastened together between the flared leg portions and a head portion of the female body. By further inserting the male body into the female body from this state, the leg portions are released from the flared state, so that the plates can be unfastened. When and only when the leg portions are inserted through a hole of a plate to be fastened by means of the fastener disposed in the temporarily coupled state, can the male body be further inserted within the female body so as to fasten the two plates to each other.

Abstract: A single-fin fastener can be used in which an engaging fin has a flexible hinging butt at a tip of a support board projecting from a base member or the like and extends from the butt in a direction opposite that of the projection of the board. The fin includes an engaging notched portion and a stopper extending therefrom to a movable tip of the fin. An opening preventive portion is continuously attached to the base member or the like and faces the stopper across a gap.

Abstract: A clip for securing a first member to a second member includes a flange portion having an opening, an inserting portion, a pawl portion provided upon the inserting portion so as to be engageable with the flange portion and the second member, and a plurality of foldable coupling portions for connecting the inserting portion with the flange portion. The inserting portion is inserted through the first member in a first direction, then back downwardly into the opening of the flange portion and finally through the second member in a second direction, thereby securing the first member to the second member. When the inserting portion is inserted into the opening of the flange portion, the pawl portion engages the flange portion to retain the flange portion in engagement with the undersurface of the first member. When the inserting portion is further inserted through the second member, the pawl portion engages the second portion member so as to clamp the second member in cooperation with the flange portion.

Abstract: A truck bed liner has a plurality of slot pairs spaced around the top of the vertical walls of the liner at a level just below the interior flange of the truck bed walls. Resilient retainer clips engage the flange of the truck bed walls and secure the liner to the bed through the slot pairs.

Abstract: The fixing of an object such as a thermophonic insulation cushion or blanket to a structure such as as stringer within the fuselage of an aircraft is carried out by means of a one-piece device (10). The latter comprises a support member (12) resting on a circular arc-shaped portion (a3) of the stringer (a), a fixing member (14), which is fitted into a hole (a4) in the stringer and an attachment member (16), such as a serrated pin, on which the cushion is held by a washer (20).

Abstract: A retaining pin useful for retaining semiconductor packages within a carrying sleeve has a solid cylindrical shank and a spherical head. The shank has a shoulder that commences a predetermined distance below the head and tapers gradually to a truncated end.

Abstract: A two-part securing unit wherein the interconnection of the two parts is assured once they are assembled. The securing is useful in securely fixing at least two printed circuit boards in parallel relation, the securing unit being attachable to a chassis or to another form of fixed plate. The two parts of the securing unit are relatively pivotable, whereby the outermost board may be moved to an open state to allow easy repair or inspection. The securing unit is capable of holding the two plates rigidly in the open state, such that repair or inspection may proceed without the necessity of manually supporting the outermost board in its open state.

Abstract: A twistlock fastener is constructed of a latching member and a base member. The base member has a socket portion with a square-shaped internal bore. The latching member is formed with head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion has a cylindrical section adjacent to the head portion and has a pair of resilient bifurcated leg elements integrally formed with the cylindrical section. Each of the leg elements have a radial surface to provide a latching shoulder. Each latching lateral shoulder is formed with a width sufficient to retain the shank portion in the square-shaped internal bore. Each of the opposite side surfaces at the opposite ends of the latching shoulder for both leg elements lie in a common flat plane which is perpendicular to the latching shoulders.

Abstract: A connecting plug for providing lateral support for a circuit board in a plug-in unit intended to receive electrical and electronic components in industrial electronic devices, wherein the plug-in unit includes a front panel and circuit board fastened to the rear of the front panel and perpendicularly thereto by means of at least two holding blocks. The connecting plug includes a body provided on one side with at least one insertion groove for receiving a circuit board. A plug-in pin projects from the opposite side of the body and is shaped to provide a press seat with a blind recess provided in a rear face of a front panel of a plug-in unit to prevent the connecting plug from dropping off such front panel.

Abstract: A plastic clip for securing a panel or like member to a stud or like securement member is disclosed. The clip comprises a first member having a head portion having a through hole and a pair of locking portions extending from the head portion and capable of being pivoted relative to the head portion and a second member having an insertion portion to be inserted through the through hole and a locking portion to be locked to the securement member. By inserting the insertion portion of the second member into the through hole of the first member after insertion of the pair of locking portions of the first member through a mounting hole of the member to be secured, the pair of locking portions are pivoted away from each other so as to clamp the member to be secured. In this state, the locking portion of the second member is secured to the securement member, thus securing the member to be secured to the securement member.

Abstract: A mounting member for mounting a first member having a mounting hole upon a second member having a stud secured thereto in a state of being spaced apart from the second member includes a stud holder section having a head having a diameter larger than that of the mounting hole and also having an inserting portion extending from the head, having securement means for securing the free end of the stud and being inserted through the mounting hole, and a spacer section having a plurality of legs for clamping the first member in cooperation with the head of the stud holder section and also having a spring portion. When the spring portion is urged toward the stud holder section in the longitudinal direction, it is compressed. When the biasing force is released, the spring portion elastically restores to the initial state. The spacer section is penetrated by the stud and interposed between the first and second members.

Abstract: A metal trim attaching assembly secures an element, such as a molding strip, upon a supporting surface. The assembly includes an isolator that has a substantially flexible mounting plate with a mounting surface yieldable to conform generally to the contour of the supporting surface. Retaining flanges are formed integral with the mounting plate. The retaining flanges are grippable by the element to hold the element into a structural relationship with the mounting plate. Supporting flanges, also formed integral with the yieldable toward the mounting plate, provide supportable leverage for the element in cooperation with the retaining flanges. Double sided adhesive tape secures the mounting surface to the supporting surface. A method involves steps of stripping protective backing from the tape and securing it, with the isolator and trim, to the supporting surface.

Abstract: A fastener includes a cylindrical outer member and an insertion member. The cylindrical outer member has a cylindrical portion with an axial bore, and a flange portion provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion tapers toward the other end thereof and includes a plurality of arially extending notches, a plurality of inner projections formed upon inner surfaces of the end portion, and elastically deformable locking pieces projecting obliquely outwardly from an intermediate portion thereof toward the flange portion. The insertion member has a large-diameter portion for disposition within the axial bore of the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is expanded radially outwardly by inserting the insertion member into the axial bore of the cylindrical outer member from the flange portion end thereof and by bringing the large-diameter portion into engagement with the inner projections of the cylindrical portion of the insertion member.

Abstract: An automotive column cover has a first cover member, a second cover member to which the first cover member is secured, and a clip for connecting together these two members. The clip has a securing portion which is fitted to the first cover member and an engaging portion which is engaged with the second cover member. The first cover member has a secured portion to which the securing portion of the clip is fitted, while the second cover member has an engaged portion provided so as to face the secured portion of the first member and the engaged portion is engaged with the engaging portion of the clip. The securing portion of the clip is fitted to the secured portion of the first cover member, while the engaging portion of the clip is engaged with the engaged portion of the second cover member, whereby the two cover members are readily connected together.

Abstract: The present invention is a fastening assembly for securing a door trim panel to a door body inner panel. The assembly includes a male member having a head portion adapted to be removably secured to a slot in the door trim panel. The male member has a cylindrical portion having a plurality of barbs spaced longitudinally along the cylindrical portion. The assembly also includes a female member having means for removably securing the female member to the door body inner panel. The female member has a cylindrical portion with a longitudinal axis and a pocket formed therein along the longitudinal axis. The pocket includes a means for engaging a groove between a pair of adjacent barbs on the male member for adjusting the door trim panel relative to the door body inner panel.

Abstract: A cam action fastener for holding together two parts having holes formed therethrough by inserting the fastener through the holes from one side only of one of the parts. The fastener is formed from a single, elongate member having two outer portions equal in length and an intermediate portion having a length substantially shorter than the length of the two outer portions and connecting them together. The fastener is adaptable to be articulated into a doubled over shape having two unequal lengths of a single diameter for fitting through the holes of the two parts.The fastener is pressed against the outermost part in a manner that causes the unequal lengths to diverge outwardly from each other by cam action rotation of the intermediate portion of the fastener to a point where the two outer portions are spaced a distance from each other equal to the length of the intermediate portion of the fastener.

Abstract: A molding retention clip assembly has a molded plastic base having a planar bottom surface adapted to rest upon the painted surface of the vehicle body and a keyhole slot adapted to fit over a head stud welded to the vehicle body. The headed stud retains the base on the body but permits rotation of the base. A stamped metal spring clip has a base wall overlying the plastic base and attached thereto. First and second retaining clips are integral with the base wall and positioned in spaced apart relation on opposite sides of the keyhole slot of the plastic base. Installation of the molding into the first and second clips causes the clip assembly to rotate so that the first and second clips obtain effective grip of the molding to retain the molding on the vehicle body and the molding in turn retains the clip assembly against rotation.

Abstract: A device for spacing boards, like printed circuit boards, or a board and a mounting surface, like an electronic device chassis, a fixed distance apart. The device is constructed to interlock with other such devices so that boards mounted with these devices may be stacked. A peg-and-notch coupling provides horizontal stability, while a bottom anchor and top latch secure the lower and upper boards, respectively, providing stable vertical stacking.

Abstract: A clip comprises a clip body having an enlarged diameter head portion at one end and a stud reception hole extending from the center of the other end toward the head portion. Integrally attached by means of hinge portions to the outer periphery of the clip body are outwardly extending locking portions and engagement seat portions integral with stem portions of the locking portions and extending away from the head portion. The locking portions are folded together with the engagement seat portions at the hinge portions so as to be locked to the head portion.

Abstract: A fastener made of synthetic resin is molded such that a leg portion of an insertion pin is integrally formed midway of its length with a wide diameter portion for widening a bush, and the bush is fitted on a part of the leg portion under the wide diameter portion. The leg portion is provided with two, axially separated engagement notches for engagement with a lower end inner diameter portion of the bush whereby the insertion pin is initially held at a first pre-assembled position within the bush and a second, final-assembled position within the bush.

Abstract: A shelf assembly including a panel forming a shelf with a back wall, bottom wall and side walls and having an elongated front shelf member and an end cap holding the shelf front member to each side wall of the shelf. The end cap has a base wall with perpendicular integrally formed rear, side and front flanges and the base wall has at the front thereof projections for securing thereto one end of the shelf front member. The end cap has a latching assembly secured to the rear flange and projecting rearwardly and receivable in an aperture in the panel side wall and includes two support legs each having a width slightly less than the distance between opposite edges of the side wall aperture. A spring member is located between the legs and attached to both support legs at one end away from the rear flange and the distal end of the spring member is free. The spring member has an inclined ramp portion extending from the attached end toward the rear flange and extends outside the diameter of the aperture in the panel.

Abstract: The invention features, either separately or in combination, a mounting member and an elongated strip of resilient material which strip is secured in and partially surrounds the mounting member, where the resilient strip member has a semi-cylindrical body with a pair of circumferentially facing edge portions. The resilient strip also includes a pair of oppositely disposed, radially-inwardly extending latch members, each extending longitudinally of the latch member and located between one of the edge portions and a point away from the mid-line of the semi-cylindrical body. The mounting member includes a web portion having a pair of oppositely disposed web-latch extendions extending across a chord of the semi-cylindrical body, substantially parallel to a tangent to the circumference of the semi-cylindrical body at its mid-line, and at least one leg member extending from the web portion away from the semi-cylindrical body.